Re: [Xen-users] Xen dom0 gentoo filesystem

[Ted Hilts <thilts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anton:

Neat!!!  I also liked your documentation - it covered a lot of important 
points.
Thanks for the effort, Ted


Anton Titov wrote:

> Hello,
>
> after seeing some discussions about creating a dom0 debian image as a 
> gentoo fan, I've decided to make a gentoo dom0 image, and here it goes:
> http://xen.titov.net/gentoo-xen-dom0-i686.tar.bz2
> md5sum:
> e0304b360d166dfdbc4b4a5ecd4157e2
> Instalation instructions:
>
> Boot some LiveCD, gentoo minimal LiveCD is a good choice, as it is 
> only 60Mb:
> http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo/releases/x86/2005.0/installcd/install-x86-minimal-2005.0.iso 
>
> after booting LiveCD, partition your hard drive (don't make a boot 
> partition) with:
> fdisk /dev/YOUR_DRIVE
>
> (optionally, but prefferably) create and activate swap with:
> mkswap /dev/YOUR_DRIVES_SWAP
> swapon /dev/YOUR_DRIVES_SWAP
>
> create root filesystem with:
> mkfs.reiserfs /dev/YOUR_DRIVES_ROOT
> or mkfs.ext3 /dev/YOUR_DRIVES_ROOT
> or whatever filesystem you prefer (you have kernel support and tools 
> for reiserfs, ext3, ext2, jfs, xfs)
> mount this partiton on /mnt/gentoo (yes, exactly there):
> mkdir /mnt/gentoo  (you have it if you're with Gentoo LiveCD)
> mount /dev/YOUR_DRIVES_ROOT /mnt/gentoo
>
> configure your network (if you have DHCP server in the network, the 
> chances are, that you got an IP from there):
> ifconfig IP netmask NETMASK
> route add default gw YOUR_GATEWAY
> echo "nameserver YOUR_NAMESERVER" > /etc/resolv.conf
>
> then cd into /mnt/gentoo and download gentoo-xen-dom0-i686.tar.bz2:
> cd /mnt/gentoo
> wget http://xen.titov.net/gentoo-xen-dom0-i686.tar.bz2
>
> extract it with:
> tar -xjpf gentoo-xen-dom0-i686.tar.bz2
>
> run
> ./root/install
>
> it will ask you for root password you want to set to the new dom0 (if 
> you fail to change your password, e.g. press Enter 2 times,
> your root will be "rootpass").
>
> if the drive, you're installing on is not the one, from which the 
> computer will boot use:
> ./root/install /dev/hda
>
> where /dev/hda is the device, where grub will be installed
>
> at this point you're ready ;)
>
> But you may (actually should) want to change some more things:
> chroot to the new system with:
> chroot /mnt/gentoo
>
> you have vi (symlink to vim) and pico (symlink to nano) editors btw
>
> check if /etc/fstab, /etc/conf.d/net and /etc/resolv.conf files look 
> OK for you.
> edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and change dom0_mem, which is 128Mb by default
>
> adjust your timezone with (unless you're in Sofia, Bulgaria):
> ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/FIND_YOUR_TIMEZONE /etc/localtime
>
> set the hostname:
> echo YOUR_HOSTNAME > /etc/hostname
>
> you can do some more complex stuff here, but if you want to compile 
> something, execute:
> env-update
> source /etc/profile
> before that
>
> now exit
> umount
> and reboot
>
> /usr/portage/ directory is empty in the image, to save some space, so 
> before installing any gentoo packagesh you should
> emerge sync
>
> the following gentoo packages are installed on the server:
> sys-fs/lvm2
> net-misc/curl
> sys-fs/xfsprogs
> app-admin/logrotate
> sys-fs/jfsutils
> net-misc/dhcpcd
> sys-kernel/genkernel
> sys-process/vixie-cron
> app-editors/nano
> net-firewall/iptables
> sys-apps/coldplug
> sys-fs/reiserfsprogs
> app-admin/syslog-ng
> sys-kernel/linux-headers
> sys-apps/iproute2
> sys-boot/grub
> dev-python/twisted
> sys-apps/hotplug
> app-editors/vim
> sys-libs/glibc
>
> Kernel and binaries are compiled for i686, so it will not run on very 
> old hardware (will run on pentiumpro+, athlon+).
> Regards,
> Anton Titov
> Host.bg
>
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